Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS)

Friday, October 17, 2025

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  Rantoul City Schools Hispanic Heritage Celebration ; Celebración del mes de la Herencia Hispania de RCS

  6:00 - 8:00 pm

  JW Eater JR. High, 400 E Wabash Ave, Rantoul, IL 61866

  • Festival/Celebration

Monday, October 20, 2025

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  International Students Navigating the U.S.: Immigration, Rights, and Resources

  11:30 am - 1:00 pm

  314b Illini Union

  • Informational
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  Frank Center Student Workshop: Investigative Journalism with María Inés Zamudio

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  336 Gregory Hall

  • Conference/Workshop
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  Virtual Talk: Ser Mujeres en la ESMA / Being Women at ESMA

  2:00 - 4:00 pm

  • Lecture

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

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  Panel on “Community-Engaged Research in Action: Insights for Graduate Students”

  12:00 - 1:30 pm

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210

  • Conference/Workshop
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  Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies Reading Group: Juliana Freire’s “Indigenous Documentaries: Art, Self-Representation, and the Environment in Huni Kui Films”

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Coble Hall 108

  • Lecture
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  Between Amsterdam and the Antilles: Diaspora and Community in Colonial Curaçao

  5:00 pm

  Lucy Ellis Lounge, Language, Cultures and Literatures Building (LCLB 1080)

  • Lecture

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

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  Graduate Workshop on "Effective Fellowship Writing"

  12:30 - 3:00 pm

  306 Coble Hall

  • Conference/Workshop

Monday, October 27, 2025

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  CLACS Talk Series: Disordered Domestication: Colonial Logics of Wildness and Domestication in Cusco, Perú. Prof. Amanda  Cortez

  3:00 pm

  Coble Hall 306

  • Lecture

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

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  Transitional Justice in Mexico: Sisyphus on the Hill / Dr. Francisco Javier Ramírez Treviño

  3:00 pm

  Coble Hall 306

  • Lecture

Friday, November 7, 2025

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  Strategic Networking for Uncertain Times: Turning Conversations into Career Opportunities

  11:30 am - 1:00 pm

  BNAACC Main Multipurpose Room

  • Informational

Monday, November 10, 2025

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  Workshop with Mayki Gorosito

  All Day

  TBD

  • Conference/Workshop
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  Talk by Mayki Gorosito

  3:00 pm

  Coble Hall

  • Lecture

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

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  Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies Reading Group: Ailton Krenak’s Tomorrow is Not for Sale and Life is Not Useful

  3:00 - 4:00 pm

  Coble Hall 108

  • Lecture

Monday, November 17, 2025

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  Ayni Book Presentation by Carlos Molina-Vital

  3:00 pm

  Coble Hall 306

  • Lecture